How To Install ruby-omniauth-auth0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-omniauth-auth0 on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-omniauth-auth0 is Omniauth OAuth2 strategy for the Auth0 platform

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-omniauth-auth0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-omniauth-auth0

ruby-omniauth-auth0 is:

Auth0 is an authentication broker that supports social identity providers as well as enterprise identity providers such as Active Directory, LDAP, Google Apps, Salesforce.

OmniAuth is a library that standardizes multi-provider authentication for web applications. It was created to be powerful, flexible.

omniauth-auth0 is the omniauth strategy for Auth0.

There are three methods to install ruby-omniauth-auth0 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ruby-omniauth-auth0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-omniauth-auth0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-omniauth-auth0

Install ruby-omniauth-auth0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-omniauth-auth0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-omniauth-auth0

Install ruby-omniauth-auth0 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-omniauth-auth0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-omniauth-auth0

How To Uninstall ruby-omniauth-auth0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ruby-omniauth-auth0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-omniauth-auth0

Uninstall ruby-omniauth-auth0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-omniauth-auth0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-omniauth-auth0

Remove ruby-omniauth-auth0 Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-omniauth-auth0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-omniauth-auth0

Remove ruby-omniauth-auth0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-omniauth-auth0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-omniauth-auth0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-omniauth-auth0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.